diff --git a/system/Commands/Utilities/Optimize.php b/system/Commands/Utilities/Optimize.php
index 1a103a1b9c52..9ba193f77c03 100644
--- a/system/Commands/Utilities/Optimize.php
+++ b/system/Commands/Utilities/Optimize.php
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
 
 use CodeIgniter\Autoloader\FileLocator;
 use CodeIgniter\Autoloader\FileLocatorCached;
-use CodeIgniter\CLI\BaseCommand;
+use CodeIgniter\CLI\AbstractCommand;
+use CodeIgniter\CLI\Attributes\Command;
 use CodeIgniter\CLI\CLI;
 use CodeIgniter\Exceptions\RuntimeException;
 use CodeIgniter\Publisher\Publisher;
@@ -23,41 +24,10 @@
 /**
  * Optimize for production.
  */
-final class Optimize extends BaseCommand
+#[Command(name: 'optimize', description: 'Optimize for production.', group: 'CodeIgniter')]
+final class Optimize extends AbstractCommand
 {
-    /**
-     * The group the command is lumped under
-     * when listing commands.
-     *
-     * @var string
-     */
-    protected $group = 'CodeIgniter';
-
-    /**
-     * The Command's name
-     *
-     * @var string
-     */
-    protected $name = 'optimize';
-
-    /**
-     * The Command's short description
-     *
-     * @var string
-     */
-    protected $description = 'Optimize for production.';
-
-    /**
-     * The Command's usage
-     *
-     * @var string
-     */
-    protected $usage = 'optimize';
-
-    /**
-     * @return int
-     */
-    public function run(array $params)
+    protected function execute(array $arguments, array $options): int
     {
         try {
             $this->enableCaching();
@@ -78,25 +48,24 @@ private function clearCache(): void
         $locator->deleteCache();
         CLI::write('Removed FileLocatorCache.', 'green');
 
-        $cache = WRITEPATH . 'cache/FactoriesCache_config';
-        $this->removeFile($cache);
+        $this->removeFile(WRITEPATH . 'cache/FactoriesCache_config');
     }
 
-    private function removeFile(string $cache): void
+    private function removeFile(string $file): void
     {
-        if (is_file($cache)) {
-            $result = unlink($cache);
+        if (! is_file($file)) {
+            return;
+        }
 
-            if ($result) {
-                CLI::write('Removed "' . clean_path($cache) . '".', 'green');
+        if (unlink($file)) {
+            CLI::write(sprintf('Removed "%s".', clean_path($file)), 'green');
 
-                return;
-            }
+            return;
+        }
 
-            CLI::error('Error in removing file: ' . clean_path($cache));
+        CLI::error(sprintf('Error in removing file: %s', clean_path($file)));
 
-            throw new RuntimeException(__METHOD__);
-        }
+        throw new RuntimeException(__METHOD__);
     }
 
     private function enableCaching(): void
@@ -122,7 +91,7 @@ private function enableCaching(): void
             return;
         }
 
-        CLI::error('Error in updating file: ' . clean_path($config));
+        CLI::error(sprintf('Error in updating file: %s', clean_path($config)));
 
         throw new RuntimeException(__METHOD__);
     }
diff --git a/tests/system/Commands/Utilities/OptimizeTest.php b/tests/system/Commands/Utilities/OptimizeTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b51628fae0c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/system/Commands/Utilities/OptimizeTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/**
+ * This file is part of CodeIgniter 4 framework.
+ *
+ * (c) CodeIgniter Foundation <admin@codeigniter.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view
+ * the LICENSE file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace CodeIgniter\Commands\Utilities;
+
+use Closure;
+use CodeIgniter\Test\CIUnitTestCase;
+use CodeIgniter\Test\ReflectionHelper;
+use CodeIgniter\Test\StreamFilterTrait;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Group;
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ */
+#[Group('Others')]
+final class OptimizeTest extends CIUnitTestCase
+{
+    use ReflectionHelper;
+    use StreamFilterTrait;
+
+    private string $file = WRITEPATH . 'cache/OptimizeTest_config';
+
+    protected function tearDown(): void
+    {
+        parent::tearDown();
+
+        if (is_file($this->file)) {
+            unlink($this->file);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return Closure(string): void
+     */
+    private function getRemoveFile(): Closure
+    {
+        return self::getPrivateMethodInvoker(new Optimize(service('commands')), 'removeFile');
+    }
+
+    public function testRemoveFileDeletesTheFile(): void
+    {
+        file_put_contents($this->file, '<?php');
+
+        ($this->getRemoveFile())($this->file);
+
+        $this->assertFileDoesNotExist($this->file);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('Removed', $this->getStreamFilterBuffer());
+    }
+
+    public function testRemoveFileDoesNothingWhenFileIsAbsent(): void
+    {
+        $this->assertFileDoesNotExist($this->file);
+
+        ($this->getRemoveFile())($this->file);
+
+        $this->assertSame('', $this->getStreamFilterBuffer());
+    }
+}